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Mary Virginia
Holloway
August 9, 1933 — May 26, 2025
Biscoe
Mary Virginia Prince Holloway, 91, was reunited in Heaven with her beloved husband, Billy Joe, on May 26, 2025. Ginny was born, August 9,1933 to the late Jasper Benjamin Prince and Mary Love Mann Prince. She had been a resident of Chambers Nursing Home in Carlisle, Arkansas since August 2018.
She was married to Billy Joe Holloway on December 17, 1949. They enjoyed 68 years together until his death in March 2018. The family they built together included one son and two daughters.
The third of nine children, Ginny quickly learned the value and necessity of hard work. She worked in the cotton fields and later in the school cafeteria at DeValls Bluff until her retirement. Not one for being idle, she worked weekends as a cook at her brother's restaurant in Brasfield.
Cooking was Ginny's love language. Her dumplings were always requested for church potlucks and family gatherings. Sunday dinners for the family were known as "the feast". A faithful member of the Brasfield Methodist Church, she taught children's Sunday School for many years.
Family who will cherish Mary Virginia's memory include: Son: Billy Dean Holloway and wife Karlyn of Austin, AR, Daughters: Mary Jo Fortune and husband Jackie of Jonesboro, AR, Rhonda Hill and husband Billy of Hazen, AR, Four Grandchildren: Natalie (Justin) Martin, Madison (Bradley) Harper, Hannah (Jamie) McDonald, Tiffani (Damon) Burns, Fourteen Great Grandchildren: Logan Fortune; Olivia, Grant, Meredith Martin; Stetson Harper; Hayden and Ethan McDonald; Justin, Zoi Ross; Luke, Natalie, Layden, Cody, Hailey Burns, One Great-Great Grandchild: Kolsyn Burns, One Brother: Jack (Carolyn) Prince , One Sister: Rosie White, Two Brothers In Law: Bobby (Joyce) Holloway, Travis (Hazel) Holloway, One Sister In Law: Carolyn Gurley Prince, And a host of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, Ginny was preceded in death by her brothers, James Prince, J.B. Prince. W. O. Prince and Billy Ray Prince; her sisters, Geraldine Allsup and Betty Stringfellow and a granddaughter, Ashli Fortune Alderson.
Visitation will be at 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 29 at Brasfield Methodist Church with services following at 2:00 pm. Burial will be at the Biscoe Cemetery.
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